ADC Urges NASS To Assess Tinubu’s Fitness

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the National Assembly to invoke constitutional provisions to determine whether President Bola Tinubu remains fit to discharge the duties of his office, alleging that he has lost control of his administration.

The opposition party also claimed that unelected individuals may be exercising presidential powers without the knowledge of the president elected by Nigerians.

The demand was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, following the controversy surrounding the reported leadership dispute at the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA).

According to the ADC, reports that an official allegedly removed by presidential directive continues to occupy office and preside over official meetings raise serious questions about the president’s authority and the integrity of executive decision-making.

“If the reports concerning the BCDA are true, then this is no longer about one disputed appointment. It is about something far more disturbing: who is actually in charge of the Nigerian presidency?” the party asked.

The ADC argued that if a presidential appointment or removal can allegedly be ignored without consequence, it points to a deeper crisis within the Presidency.

“Nigeria is no longer witnessing administrative confusion. We are witnessing a struggle for control of the presidency itself.”

The party said the BCDA controversy was not an isolated case but part of what it described as a pattern of policy inconsistencies under the Tinubu administration.

It cited the controversy surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, describing it as a “phantom” agency that allegedly operated at the highest levels of government despite lacking official legal status.

The ADC also referenced the Federal Government’s suspension of the Cybersecurity Levy after widespread public opposition and the withdrawal of the Expatriate Employment Levy following resistance from the business community.

According to the party, the repeated policy reversals have weakened public confidence in government decisions.

“A government that cannot consistently stand by its own decisions gradually loses not only credibility, but authority. Investors become uncertain. The bureaucracy becomes confused. Public institutions begin to test the limits because they no longer know whether today’s directive will still exist tomorrow,” the statement added.

The ADC said Nigerians deserve answers on who currently exercises the constitutional powers of the president.

“Who is exercising the constitutional powers of the president? Who authorises appointments? Who countermanded the president’s directive at the BCDA, if indeed it has been countermanded? Who permitted a fictitious agency to masquerade as an arm of the presidency? These are not opposition questions. They are constitutional questions,” it stated.

The party warned that uncertainty over the finality of presidential directives could undermine investor confidence, weaken public institutions and erode trust in governance.

It urged the National Assembly to immediately exercise its constitutional oversight powers “to satisfy itself that the president remains fully capable in body and sound mind to discharge the duties of his office and that the powers vested in him by the Constitution are being personally exercised by him, not appropriated by unelected interests operating behind the scenes.”

The ADC further declared that “if President Tinubu is no longer able to assert authority over his administration, the honourable course is to acknowledge that reality and resign.”

The statement followed reports of a leadership dispute at the Border Communities Development Agency after conflicting claims emerged over the agency’s leadership despite an earlier announcement by the Presidency on appointments.

The controversy has renewed public debate over the consistency of appointments and policy implementation under the Tinubu administration, particularly following the reversal or suspension of major government policies in recent months, including the Cybersecurity Levy and the Expatriate Employment Levy.

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